From Goals to Growth: Intervention & Support in Every Classroom, Mar/2018

All students deserve research-based, systematic support and a team that is committed to their success. In this book, Lee Ann Jung lays out a growth-planning process that integrates seamlessly with existing IEP and Response to Instruction and Intervention (RTI2) structures and is also suitable for any student who has individualized or personalized goals, whether or not that student qualifies for special education services.

Here, general education teachers, special education teachers, educational leaders, and related service provides will find a practical approach to creating growth plans that are both meaningful and effective. Learn how to

1. Select the skills to target.
2. Determine the settings for intervention and support.
3. Develop growth attainment scales to ensure accurate and uniform monitoring.
4. Write measurable goals.
5. Select and develop interdisciplinary support strategies.
6. Measure progress and use data to inform your next steps.

Stories of students at different grade levels and with various academic and behavioral goals illustrate the process, and full-color interdisciplinary growth plans show how the elements combine to ensure consistent and targeted support in everyday settings, uniform data collection, and easy reporting. Jung’s approach will simplify and unify your school’s support and intervention efforts and help you build a truly inclusive culture, in which the success of all students is the responsibility of all staff.

About The Author:

Lee Ann Jung, PhD, is Chief Academic Officer and Co-Founder of ASCD Student Growth Center, which produces GoalWorks^® progress monitoring software. She provides support internationally to schools in the areas of inclusion, standards-based grading, and intervention planning and progress monitoring. She has worked in the field of special education since 1994 and has served in the roles of teacher, administrator, consultant, and professor and director of International School Partnerships at the University of Kentucky.

Dr. Jung is chair of the Classroom Assessment Special Interest Group for the American Educational Research Association. She has authored or coauthored 5 books and more than 40 journal articles and book chapters, and has been awarded more than $4 million in federal funding to support personnel preparation and research. She has served as associate editor for Young Exceptional Children (YEC), guest editor and editorial board member of Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, and editorial board member for Journal of Early Intervention.